LockParty vs Rotate
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LockParty
Easily create custom lock screen wallpapers by shuffling your camera roll or selecting favorite photos. Transform your phone's lock screen into a personalized collage that brings a smile.
- Create lock screen wallpapers
- Photo collage maker
- Shuffle camera roll photos
- Handpick favorite photos
- Personalize lock screens
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LockParty is the easiest way to make a lock screen wallpaper that will make you smile. Shuffle your camera roll or handpick your favorites to instantly create a beautiful collage.
Rotate
Personalize your home and lock screens with dynamic widgets that display reminders, lists, and quotes on a schedule you set. Organize your day with custom notes and choose from aesthetic themes to match your style.
- Dynamic scheduled widgets
- Customizable aesthetic themes
- Effortless scheduling of notes
- Inspiring quote and routine templates
- Multiple note formats (text, lists)
- Flexible widget sizes
- Unlimited widgets and notes
- iCloud sync across devices
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Imagine a smart widget on your home or lock screen that wakes you up with a morning routine reminder, keeps you focused on your goals throughout the workday, prompts a thoughtful question for your evening reflection, and inspires you with a motivational quote before you call it a night. All this, displayed in one rotating personalized widget on a schedule you set. That’s exactly how Rotate helps you make the most of your screens. Each widget can be a home of different notes, checklists, bullet points, and lists: all of them easy to personalize with variety of aesthetic themes and sizes, and easy to schedule – any time, any day. And if you are unsure about what you want a particular widget to display, you can just dive into our extensive collections of quotes, routines, and reminders, or design your custom one. FEATURES - Dynamic Widget: Deliver the right note at the right time throughout the day with our handy, customisable widget. - Aesthetic Themes: Choose from dozens of customizable, aesthetic themes to fit your style. - Effortless Scheduling: Schedule notes to appear in the widget at any time on any day of the week. - Inspiring Templates: Browse our collections of motivating quotes and daily routines, or create your own unique note. - Custom Formats: Present your note in a format that works for you, whether plain text, checklists, bullet points, or numbered lists. - Flexible Sizes: Display your widget in any size on your home screen and lock screen. - Unlimited widgets and notes: Create as many widgets and schedule as many notes in each widget as you want. - Reminders: Get notified when a new note appears in your widget. - iCloud Sync: Your widgets sync across your devices effortlessly through iCloud. Rotate: Your life, your notes, your schedule. Your widget. GET IN TOUCH Privacy Policy: https://timestwelve.xyz/policies#privacy Terms of Use: https://timestwelve.xyz/policies#terms Contact us: hi@timestwelve.xyz
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Rotate at 4.9 against LockParty's 4.3. Rotate also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 6) and ratings volume (22 vs 6). LockParty's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. LockParty sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Rotate asks for nothing beyond the download.
Rotate holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 22 respectively.
LockParty ships an update every 2 days, Rotate every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LockParty | Rotate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (6 ratings) | 4.9 (22 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 22 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 51 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Wellnest, Inc. | times twelve OU |
Customer experience
LockParty
Rotate
In-app purchases
LockParty
- Tiny Tip$0.99
- Tiny Tip$1.00
- Middle Tier$2.99
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- Generous Tip$3.00
- Upper Tier$4.99
- Jumbo Tip$5.00
Rotate
No in-app purchases
